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@uiten tetes @anni @frn JOHN SEEMAN AND SILAS P. OATROW OF MIDDLETOWN,Letters Patent No. 61,473, dated Jam-tary 22,l 1867..

' llldPRVEl). CLOTHES-DRYER.

To ALL wHoM 1T MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, JOHN SEEMAN and SILAS P. OATnow, of Middletown, inthe county of Butler, and State of Ohio, have invented a new andimproved Clothes-Rack or Horse; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,rclear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part oithis specication.

The present invention relates to a novel constructionvoi' a clothes-rackor horse, whereby, when not in use, it can be folded. into a verycompact shape; the rack, when opened for the hanging of clothes uponvit,possessing many advantages, which will be hereinafterv particularlyvdescribed-- In the accompanying plate of drawings our improvedclothes-rack or horse is illustrated- Figure 1 being a perspective viewof the same opened. i I

Figure 2, a similar view, closed; and

Figure 3, a perspective view 'in detail.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. v

A, in the drawngs, represents our improved clothes-rackor h'orse, whichconsists of two similar frames B, having cross-bars b, and hingedtogether at their upper ends so as to be opened from and closed uponeach' other, as is shown in the drawings, figs. 1 and 2, respectively,tie-cords Iz limiting the extent to which the Vtwo frames B can beopenedfrom each other. E, two frames, hung tothe upright frames B, one to eachof the same, so as to swing thereon, which two frames E, when in ahorizontal position, as plainly shown Vin fig.

1 of the drawings, arethere secured or held by locking them togetherthrough their ends G,'si1i tably notched to -it and lock into eachother, the said frames E, when the clothes-rack is closed orl shut up,being. swung down and against-the sides of the same upon opposite sidesof the framesB. H, hooks 'or pins, secured in the end pieces of thehorizontal frames E, which hooks are provided for the hangingv'ofclothes upon them, such asl skirts, dresses, etc.,iwhen the clothes-rackis opened. i

Among the many advantages securedx by our improved clothes-rack may behere mentioned as lthe most important, that, first, the rack, whenclosed or shut up, will De very compact in shape, taking' up but verylittle space in a room, while, when opened'for receiving clothes, itpresents a large amountl of hanging surface second,a free circulationof, air is secured about 4the clothes upon the horse; and third, therack issimple, cheap, and durable -in construction, thus rendering-itone of the most desirable articles for household use.

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent I: l Incombination with'the hinged frames B, the frame 'E hung thereto andlock-ing together', substantially as described for the purposespecified, p JOHN 'SEEMAR- SILAS P. CATROW.

Witnesses Roer. WILSON, C. Nmmsn.

